The Edge of Terror: The Heroic Story of American Families Trapped in the Japanese-occupied Philippines 9781429934121, 2009017341

The story of Alderley: Living with the Edge 0719091713, 9780719091711

In 1953 the schoolboy Alan Garner rediscovered a wooden shovel originally found in the Alderley copper mines in 1875. In

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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West 9781501168697, 9781501168680, 1501168681

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—th

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Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes 9780857120427, 0857120425

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The crisis of confidence in legislation: The Story of Two European Families in Jamaica 9781509939862, 9781509939855

This book contains the discussions that took place at a conference that gathered together experts in the field. The book

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The Heroic Legends of Denmark

Translated from the Danish and revised in collaboration with the author by Lee M. Hollander. Whenever scholars have stu

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The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives 9780822384519

Interdisciplinary collection placing the U.S. imperial project in the Philippines within a global, comparative framework

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After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America 9780525559139, 9780525559146, 0525559132

"Simply brilliant, both in its granular storytelling and its enormous compassion"--The New York Times Book Rev

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The Greatest Raid: St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot 9780241992265, 0241992265

'I loved this book, as I love any good adventure story sublimely told . . . a gloriously exciting high, followed by

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On the Edge of the Holocaust : The Shoah in Latin American Literature and Culture 9781611688573, 9781611688566

Runner-up for the Best Book in Latin American Jewish Studies In this bold study, Edna Aizenberg offers a much-needed cor

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Eagle: The Story of American Airlines 9780312012700

The story of a great airline is the story of people, and nowhere is this more evident than at American Airlines. Thus

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